decomposition estimates display that for both periods, gender gaps in unemployment are overwhelmingly, about 81 to 84 per cent … of being unemployed and to examine why women are more vulnerable to unemployment than men are. Using a decomposition … framework, the paper establishes whether the gender gap in unemployment is driven by differences in observable characteristics …

Analyzing gender gaps of unemployed job-seekers, this study uniquely complements the broad literature focussing … predominantly on gender gaps of employed workers. I consider a broad range of labor market outcomes, and disentangle the factors … importance. Married women and those with young children perform particularly bad compared to men. High unexplainable gender gaps …

This paper estimates the gender wage gap and its composition in China's urban labor market using the 2009 survey data … from the Chinese Family Panel Studies. Several estimation and decomposition methods have been used and compared. First, we … examine the gender wage gap using ordinary least square regression method with a gender dummy variable. Then, we apply Oaxaca …

This paper estimates the gender wage gap and its composition in China's urban labor market using the 2009 survey data … from the Chinese Family Panel Studies. Several estimation and decomposition methods have been used and compared. First, we … examine the gender wage gap using ordinary least square regression method with a gender dummy variable. Then, we apply Oaxaca …

, and find that the absolute magnitude of the gender earnings gap is, in fact, smaller in the service sector. Decomposition … differences due to disadvantageous treatment of women. The latter two constitute estimates of gender discrimination. The results …, evidence suggests that gender discrimination will persist - discrimination explains about 60 percent of the gender wage gap in …

Analyzing gender gaps of unemployed job-seekers, this study uniquely complements the broad literature focussing … predominantly on gender gaps of employed workers. I consider a broad range of labor market outcomes, and disentangle the factors … importance. Married women and those with young children perform particularly bad compared to men. High unexplainable gender gaps …

examines ethnic differences in graduate level over-education, unemployment and wages as potential markers of discrimination or …

an independent signal of the candidate's productivity. We introduce the potential for taste-based discrimination and … even a high-productivity candidate who is privately favoured by one agent, as may be the case in efforts to increase gender …